Quotes About Betrayal

Madoc seemed like the sort to roast him over a fire, consume his flesh, and call it love. By then, I had become familiar with love of that kind.

She was a poisoned well of a girl.

If you were willing to trade him away, even for an hour, then you don't deserve him. I'll keep them both to raise as my own and let that be our judgment on you for breaking and oath with us. (pg. 9)

No, I cannot see myself serving Balekin.

The hardest thing—the impossible thing—is to get past the memory of Cardan telling me he loved me. He said those words, and I didn't answer him. I thought there would be time. And I was happy—despite everything—I was happy, just before everything went so terribly wrong. We won. Everything was going to work out. And he loved me.

my pretty face" … "such flattery. I cheated you out of a crown, so I guess I can allow for some hard feelings. Especially when they come with a compliment. Just don't try me again

I bet Cardan has never even tried pizza.

Jude never loved Locke." My face feels hot, but my shame is an excellent cover to hide behind. "She loved

Jude Duarte, you will leave the High King's side,' Balekin says. At that tone, Cardan's focus narrows. I can see him straining to concentrate. 'She will not,' he says.

There is no doubt in my mind that he means it, no doubt at all.Gasping, I pull the knife from my little pocket and stab him in the side. Right between the ribs. If my knife had been longer, I would have punctured his lung. His eyes go wide with shock. His grip on me loosens. I know what Madoc would say-to push the blade higher. Go for an artery. Go for his heart. But if I mange it, I will have murdered one of the favoured sons of Faerie. I cannot even guess my punishment. You're no killer.

How has the night been going for you? Mine has been full of dull conversations about how my head is going to find itself on a spike." - Cardan Greenbriar, The Cruel Prince

Someone tried to kill me. Again. Poison. Again. Someone else tried to recruit me into a scheme where we would kill my sister and Cardan, so I could rule in their place. When I told them no, they tried to kill me. With a knife, that time.' 'A poisoned knife?' He laughed. 'No, just a regular one. But it hurt.

We should have called truce , he'd said, brushing back his ink-black hair impatiently. We should have called truce long before this. But neither of us called it, not then, not after. Jude , he'd said, running a hand up my calf, are you afraid of me?

Cardan Greenbriar.

I hate seeing him with Nicasia. I hate the thought of his touching her. I hate that this is my plan, that I have no one to be angry with but myself. I am an idiot. Page 173

Alex is the one... He's the spy. - Call

You ought to be on my side,' he says, looking hurt. 'I was poisoned.' 'That's another good reason for me to go in your place,' Tiernan puts in. 'Pragmatist,' says Oak, as though it's a dirty word.

Well, wife,' he says to me, a chill in his voice. 'It seems you have kept at least one secret from your dowry.

She's going to want to wear your skull for a hat,' Oak warns. There is an uncomfortable shifting among the ex-falcons. Perhaps they are recalling their own choice to denounce her, their own punishment. 'And Cardan is going to laugh and laugh when she does.

I only hope he doesn't taste the bitterness of poison on my lips.

You hate the Folk." Taryn's eyes flash as she spins her sword in an elegant strike. "You never cared about Locke. He was just another thing to take from Cardan.

And that means Madoc isn't just trying to take Cardan's throne. He's trying to take mine.

Jude and I had a misunderstanding," Cardan says carefully. "But we're not enemies. And I am not your enemy, either, Taryn." "You think everything's a game," she says. "You and Locke." "Unlike Locke, I never thought love was a game," he says. "You may accuse me of much, but not that.

The more exhausted I let myself get, the more I'll slip up. Human bodies betray us. They get starved and sick and run-down. I know it, and yet, there is always so much more to do.